Frame for automobile license plates



March 22 1927.

K. W. CLLAMORE1 FRAME FOR AUTOMOBILE LICENSE PLATES llvk y Filed April 9, 1926A n JIWENTOR.

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UNITED STATES f insista i PATENT oFFicE.-

KENELM W. COLLAMORE, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

FRAME FOR AUTOMOBLE LICENSE PLATES,

Application filedv April 9,

The present invention relates to frames for automobile license-plates; and its object is, generally, to provide a framefor such plates which shall conceal from view 'the holes through which the means for mounting such plates extend, and which shall hold such plates securely in position on the auto trated by the accompanying drawings, aV

mobile; andl further, to provide in suoli frames improved means for mounting the same; and further, to provide in such frames improved means whereto the fastening means of the plates to thev frame may be secured.

rhese andany other objects hereinafter appearing are attainedby, and the inven-V tionV finds preferable embodiment in, Vthe` structure hereinafter particularly described in the body of this speciiication and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in f which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a frame and of an automobile license-plate held therein;

Figure 2 is a. vertical sectional view there` of taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

`Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

and i Figure 4 isa rear view of a portion of the frame and of a portionof its support. In the embodiment of the invention illus v member 2 of the frame (and desirably the other members 3, 4 and 5 thereof) have rearwardly extending flanges 8, 9, 10, 11 respectively, which impart rigidity to the structure. The flange 8 of the upper member 2 of theV frame is provided with spaced openings 12 therethrough, through which extend 1926. serial-No.' 100,852.

the supports or bars 13 respectively, where-l by the frame and license-plate carried thereby are mounted on the automobile, as by bolts (not shown) passed through the Laper-v tures 14 in the supports upper ends which.`

protrude above the frame. These supports have oriices'l, 16 therethrough, through.

which extend fastening means, as the screws 17, which extend through the license-plates usual slots 18, 19 andare turned in threaded holes 20, 21 in the upper and lowerfmembers '2, 3 of the frame respectively. These holes 20, 21 are desirably provided'in th-e portions 22, 23 of the frame, said portionsv *being spaced inwardly from the rear side of its members2, 3 as shown, so that the screws 17 maybe turned to a position wliereinthe supports, the license-plate and frame are se `curely clamped together, and yet the inner ends of the screws are spaced vfrom theA frames said members 2, r3. These portions 22, 23 are desirably formed of separate metal pieces from the'frame itself and are united therewith by spotwelding or likel processes, 'at 24, 25. n

The invention Vbeing intended to be pointed out in the claim, is not to be limited to'` or by detailsof` construction of the particular embodiment" thereofr illustrated by the drawings or hereinbefore described.

l claim: f

In a structure of the character described: a fraiiie adapted to hold an automobile license-plate and comprising spaced opposite members having portions spaced inwardly therefrom provided with threaded holes, one of said lmembers having a rearwardly extending flange provided with an vopening therethrough? a support extending through said opening and having orifices therethrough; screws extending .through said orifices andvthrough the license-plate vso and turning in said threaded holes respectively. l

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setv rand Rapids, Michigan, this..

my hand at 6th day of'April, 1926. Y

KENELM w. coni'niiiioim,` 

